Whip-holder



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK HOPF, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA,

WHIP-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters.Patent No. 259,Q21, dated June 6,1882.

7 Application filed March 25 1882. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK HOPF, of Allegheny,in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented,certain new and useful Improvements in Whip Holders; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon,which form part of thisspecification, in which Figure l is a View of my whip-holder applied Ito a buggy. Fig. 2 is-a modification of the same attached to thedash-board. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective of a portion of the rod 0with its collar and the bearing D.

This invention consists in the combination, with a whip-socket, of arockingbar, which is supported in suitable bearings and provided with atreadle on one end, and which is acted on by a spring that will operateto keep the socket in an upright position, or nearly so, as will beunderstood from the following descrip- .tion, when taken in connectionwith the annexed drawings.

Before describing one practical mode of carrying my invention intoeffect, I will state that my object is to so construct a whip-holder andapply it to the floor or to the dash-board of a vehicle that the personwho is driving can cause the whip to strike the horse with more or lessforce by simply pressing his foot on a treadle, thereby leaving hishands free to properly handle the reins. I

A designates a Whip-socket, which may be constructed in any suitablemanner adapted to receive the butt of a whip. The upper end of this tubeis screw-threaded to receive a tubular nut, B, which will hold the whipsecurely in its place, and also serve as a guard against the whip beingstolen. Alocking device may be applied to the upper end of thewhip-socket. This socket A is rigidly secured to the upturned end of arocking rod, (J, which has its hearings in two standards, D D, which maybe rigidly secured to the front cross-sill of the floor of the buggy orother vehicle. The horizontal portion of the rocking-rod G has .atreadle, E, secured to it at its inner end, which may stand upright whenthe whip is held in a similar position.

Between the two standards D D a spring, F, is coiled around the rod 0,one end of which is rigidly secured to the standard D, and the other endis secured to a collet, G, which is keyed fast to the rod 0, near theinner end of the standard D. This collet G has a tooth, b, formed on it,which, by the recoil of the spring F, is held againsta shoulder, 0,formed on the inner end of the tubular bearing of the standard D. Thesocket Ais inclinedinwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, so that notwithstandingit may be arranged on one side of the vehicle the lash of the whip willstrike the horse when the treadle is pressed forward by the foot. Thespring F will return the whip to an upright position when the pressureof the foot is removed from the treadle.

It is obvious that my improved whip-holder may be applied in anyconvenient position on a vehicle, and by suitable 7 devices, equivalentto those above described, operated by the foot of the driver so as tocause the whip to strike the horse.

Having described my invention, I claim-- 1. The combination, with awhip-socket, of a rocking rod, a pedal or treadle, and a spring,substantially in the manner and for the purposes described.

2 The combination of a whip-socket, means for holding a whip therein, arocking rod, having a treadle secured on one end, and a spring whichwill return the socketto its normal position after it is pressed forwardto whip the horse, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a vibrating whipsoeket, of a pedal or treadle,and means for returning the socket to an upright position after it hasbeen pressed forward, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

FRANK HOPF.

Witnesses T. H. ALEXANDER, WM. B. KEYWORTH.

